Ὀπόεις - Stephanos Ethnika

Ὀπόεις OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Ὀπόεις, πόλις Λοκρῶν τῶν Ἐπικνημιδίων, ἀπὸ Ὀπόεντος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὀποείσιος Ὀποεισία. λέγεται καὶ Ὀποῦς Ὀποῦντος κατὰ κρᾶσιν. ἔστι καὶ Ὀποῦς πόλις Ἀχαΐας καὶ τῆς Ἠλείας ἄλλη. οἱ πολῖται Ὀπούντιοι.

Translation pending

Text Details

Entry	#80
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 494.8
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count	29

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ὀπόεις	Opoeis (Opous variant) · place
Λοκροί	Locrians · people
Ἐπικνημίδιοι	Epicnemidians · people
Ὀπόεντος	(eponymic) Op(o)entos · person
Ὀποείσιος	demonym Opoeisios (masc.) · people
Ὀποεισία	demonym Opoeisia (fem.) · people
Ὀποῦς	Opus (Opous) · place · corrected · Q771434
Ὀποῦς	(gen.) of Opus / Opous · place · corrected · Q771434
Ἀχαΐα	Achaia · place · corrected · Q2790451
Ἠλεία	Elis · place · corrected · Q6536845
Ὀποούντιος	Opountii (Opuntians) · people · corrected · Q3354839
Opoeis / Opous in Epiknemidian Locris	place · city · Epiknemidian Locris · explicit · unresolved
Opous in Achaia	place · city · Achaia · explicit · wikidata: Q127430898 · candidate
Opous in Eleia	place · city · Eleia · explicit · wikidata: Q127430898 · candidate

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	A city of the Locrians of the Epicnemidii, named from (ἀπὸ) Opóentos.
Morphological Composition	It is also called Opous (Ὀποῦς) from Opountos (Ὀποῦντος) by krasis (phonetic blending/contractive formation).

Links

Place links	Opus \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i2003.jpg
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Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (genitive ETYMON) + Y (nominative DERIVED NOUN) formula:439629f16cfaba3f	Translate as "Y is from 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative DERIVED NOUN) + Y (nominative ETYMON) formula:4e7b910409d678a8	Translate as "'X' is from Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + X (genitive PROPER NOUN) formula:276bf314e3ad9973	Translate as "X, X" Domain: PROPER NOUNS & EPITHETS	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (nominative PROPER NOUN) ... + ἀπό + Y (genitive ETYMON) formula:7c2ffc889ab09d8d	Translate as "X... after Y" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	τὸ ἐθνικὸν + X (nominative ETHNONYM) formula:cfc8a7c494690fc3	Translate as "the ethnonym is 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.239

char LCS 32 (20.1%) · word LCS 5 (17.2%)

Stephanos

Ὀπόεις, πόλις Λοκρῶν τῶν Ἐπικνημιδίων, ἀπὸ Ὀπόεντος. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὀποείσιος Ὀποεισία. λέγεται καὶ Ὀποῦς Ὀποῦντος κατὰ κρᾶσιν. ἔστι καὶ Ὀποῦς πόλις Ἀχαΐας καὶ τῆς Ἠλείας ἄλλη. οἱ πολῖται Ὀπούντιοι.

Herodian

…τεμίδωρος ἐν πρώτῳ γεωγραφουμένων φησὶν ὅτι ταυροφόρος ἦν ἡ ναῦς ἡ διακομίσασα τοὺς τὴν πόλιν κτίσαντας, οἳ ἀπορριφέντες ἀπὸ τοῦ στόλου τῶν Φωκαέων καὶ προσενεχθέντες αὐτόθι ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐπισήμου τῆς νεὼς τὴν πόλιν ὠνόμασαν. Ὀπόεις πόλις Λοκρῶν τῶν Ἐπικνημιδίων. Μαλόεις Ἀπόλλων ἐν Λέσβῳ καὶ ὁ τόπος τοῦ ἱεροῦ Μαλόεις ἀπὸ Μήλου τῆς Μαντοῦς, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος ἐν Λιβυκῶν πρώτῳ. σκιόεις, τερμιόεις. ἢ τὸ 'ω' ὡς εὐρώεις, κητώεις, ὠτώεις, κηώεις. ὅθεν τὸ χαριτόεις παρὰ Ἀνακρέοντι ἀναλογώτε…